 Abt 1150 - Bef 1221 (71 years)
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| Name |
Roger Bigod [1, 2] |
| Suffix |
Magna Charta Surety |
| Birth |
Abt 1150 |
Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England  [3] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef 2 Aug 1221 |
Thetford, Norfolk, England [4] |
| Person ID |
I7450 |
Cecilie Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2010 |
| Father |
Hugh Bigod, Lord High Steward Of England, b. Abt 1095, Belvoir Castle, Leicestershire, England d. 6 Mar 1175, Thatford, Norfolk, England (Age 80 years) |
| Mother |
Juliana De Vere, b. 1116, Hedingham, Essex, England d. Aft 1185 (Age 70 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1133 |
1st Husband - Marriage Was Annulled [5] |
| Family ID |
F9276 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 3 |
Ida Plantagent, b. Abt 1154, Norfolk, Norfolk, England d. Yes, date unknown |
| Marriage |
Abt 1185 |
| Children |
| | 1. Hugh Bigod, Magna Charta Surety, b. Abt 1186, Framlingham Castle, Suffolk, England d. 18 Feb 1225, Thetford, Norfolk, England (Age 39 years) |
| | 2. Margaret Bigod, b. Abt 1194, Norfolk, Norfolk, England d. 31 Mar 1237 (Age 43 years) |
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| Family ID |
F23219 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
1 Jan 2010 |
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| Notes |
succeeded as second Earl of Norfolk and Suffolk. It is fitting that, after Richard's return to England after his captivity in Germany, Roger Bigod was chosen to be one of the four Earls who carried the silken canopy for the King, as Hugh Bigod had borne the Royal sceptre in the Royal procession.
Roger Bigod was appointed in 1189 by King Richard one of the Ambassadors to King Philip of France, to obtain aid for the recovery of the Holy Land. In 1191 he was keeper of Hereford Castle. He was chief judge in the King's Court from 1195 to 1202. In 120() he was sent by King John as one of his messengers to summon William the Lion, King of Scotland, to do homage to him in the Parliament which was held at Lincoln, and subsequently attended King John into Poitou; but on his return he was won over to the opposition by the rebel Barons and became one of the strongest advocates of the Charter of Liberty, for which he was excommunicated by Pope Innocent Iii
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Roger Bigod, 2nd earl of Norfolk, who, in the 1st year of Richard I, had a charter dated at Westminster, 27 November, reconstituting him Earl of Norfolk and steward of the household, his lordship obtaining at the same time restitution of some manors, with grants of others, and confirmation of all his wide-spreading demesnes. In the same year he was made one of the ambassadors from the English monarch to Philip of France, for obtaining aid towards the recovery of the Holy Land. Upon return of King Richard from his captivity, the Earl of Norfolk assisted at the great council held by the king at Nottingham; and at his second coronation, his lordship was one of the four earls that carried the silken canopy over the monarch's head. In the reign of King John he was one of the barons that extorted the great Charters of Freedom from that prince, and was amongst the twenty-five lords appointed to enforce their fulfillment. His lordship m. Isabel, dau. of Hamelyn, Earl of Warrenne and Surrey, and had issue,
Hugh, his successor.
William, m. Margaret, dau of Robert de Sutton, with whom he acquired considerable property.
Thomas.
Margery, m. to William de Hastings.
Adeliza, m. to Alberic de Vere, Earl of Oxford.
Mary, m. to Ralph Fitz-Robert, Lord of Middlesham.
The earl d. in 1220 and was s. by his eldest son, Hugh Bigod, 3rd earl.
[Sir Bernard Burke, Dormant, Abeyant, Forfeited, and Extinct Peerages, Burke's Peerage, Ltd., London, 1883, p. 53, Bigod, Earls of Norfolk]
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The Bigods held the hereditary office of steward (dapifer) of the royal household, and their chief castle was at Framlingham in Suffolk. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1961 ed, Vol. 3, pages 556/557, article Hugh Bigod, Earl of Norfolk.)
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- [S134] Br, World Family Tree Vol. 16, Ed. 1, (Release date: December 15, 1997), Tree #1366 (Reliability: 3).
Date of Import: 22 okt 1999
- [S40] FTW 16 tree 1366 H.
Date of Import: 22 okt 1999
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 3-1, 155-2 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 3-1, 17c-1, 155-2 (Reliability: 3).
- [S1630] Magna Charta Sureties 1215, Frederick Lewis Weis,, 155-1 (Reliability: 3).
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